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At Vegas Hospitals It Was All Hands On Deck To Triage Hundreds Of Patients Flooding Into Facilities

“You’re standing in a pool of blood trying to care for your patient, slipping and sliding,” said trauma nurse Renae Huening. Meanwhile, officials are seeking certified trauma counselors to help serve the mental health needs of those who were affected by the shooting, and Californians step up to donate blood.

With All The Uncertainty, Insurance Officials Feel Their Hands Are Tied In Approving Premium Increases

“It’s very hard for a regulator to deny those rate increases when we can take a look at their bottom line and can tell they can’t continue if they can’t keep their head above water,” said Mike Kreidler, Washington State’s insurance commissioner and a supporter of the health law. Meanwhile, lawmakers are moving forward with bipartisan talks to try to stabilize the marketplace.

For Hospitals Tending To Onslaught Of Shooting Victims It Was ‘Worst Moment And Proudest Moment’

Las Vegas-area hospitals are prepared and well equipped to deal with traumas, but Sunday’s mass shooting was unlike any they’d seen before.

It Took More Than A Year To Find Diversity Officer For This Medi-Cal Plan. He Resigned Within Five Months

The creation of the position was triggered in the first place because of allegations involving the health plan’s workplace environment.

Foster System Particularly Hard For LGBT Youth

LGBT foster youth were twice as likely as straight youth to report being treated poorly by the foster system, and more than three times as likely to have been hospitalized for emotional reasons.

When Medicare Enrollment Window Opens, Seniors Should At Least Take Look At Options, Experts Say

Many who are already enrolled in a plan they like simply let Medicare’s open enrollment window close without taking any action.

Officials Don’t Sugarcoat It: Turmoil In Washington Has Roiled Covered California Exchanges

“This has been the most unstable and challenged health insurance market in my tenure as a public servant,” said Dave Jones, California’s health insurance commissioner.

After Promising ‘Repeal’ For 7 Years and Failing, GOP Worried About Facing Its Own Voters

“When something has been committed to and it doesn’t happen and then it doesn’t happen again, I think it’s self-evident it isn’t a good thing,” said Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who’s retiring rather than seek a third term next year. Meanwhile, the Democrats are going to seize their chance to turn the tables on the Republicans who have been hammering them for years on health care.